The mission of our PFLAG chapter is to offer support to cope with an adverse society, education to enlighten an ill-informed public, and advocacy to end discrimination and secure equal civil rights. Please contact us! We like to hear from you.

The February edition of our newsletter can be found at this link. Thanks to Nel Ward, our dedicated editor.

It’s a busy month, so add these dates to your calendar:

Wed., Feb. 4 at 9:30 am Upstander Week Proclamation at the Commission Chamber at the Courthouse. Please come to be an Upstander with PFLAG and students from Newport schools.

Sun., Feb. 8 from 2-4 pm is our Annual Love is Love Valentine Party. See more info in the newsletter and on our Facebook group.

Sun. & Mon. Feb. 8 & 9 at the PAC in Newport is PRIDE, the film about a LGBT group in London who raise money to support Welsh miners in the early 1980’s. The resulting culture clash and reconciliations are deeply touching. A MUST-SEE film!

Tues., Feb. 10 from 4-6 pm at Georgie’s is a monthly Happy Hour for LGBTQ folks and our allies. This is a fun gathering–join us!

Wed., Feb. 11 from 6-7:30 pm is our monthly PFLAG meeting at St. Stephen’s Church at SW 9th & Hurbert in Newport. We’ll watch the last half of the Alan Turing documentary.

Sat., Feb 14 from 5-7 pm is a special Out on the OR Coast Happy Hour at the Embarcadero.

See the calendar on p. 7 for more dates and details. If you can’t access the pdf version of the newsletter, please see our PFLAG OCC website at www.occpflag.org